Scarce EDGAR ALLAN POE Eleonora First Printing THE GIFT 1842

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Scarce EDGAR ALLAN POE Eleonora First Printing THE GIFT 1842 :
$150.00

var itemNumber = window.ItemID ? window.ItemID : -1; function passpara(){return + itemNumber + \'&baseurl=\'+escape((function(){var d = return d })());}
RushHawkins100 Store Increase traffic to your listing with Auctiva\'s FREE Scrolling Gallery.
RUSH HAWKINS BOOKS
THE GIFTA Christmas AND NEW YEAR\'S PRESENT FOR 1842
First printing of Edgar Allan Poe\'s \"Eleonora\"
PHILADELPHIA: CARNY & HART322pp.+ ads
\"The story was first published in the 1842 edition of The Gift: A Christmas and New Year\'s Present, an annual publication, as \"Eleonora: A Fable\". It was later republished in the May 24, 1845 issue of the Broadway Journal. In 1845, Poe added the opening epigraph, a quote from Raymond Lull that translates to \"Under the protection of a specific form, my soul is safe.\" The original publication named the narrator Pyrros.\"\"Eleonora\" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842 in Philadelphia in the literary annual The Gift. It is often regarded as somewhat autobiographical and has a relatively \"happy\" ending.
The story follows an unnamed narrator who lives with his cousin and aunt in \"The Valley of the Many-Colored Grass\", an idyllic paradise full of fragrant flowers, fantastic trees, and a \"River of Silence\". It remains untrodden by the footsteps of strangers and so they live isolated but happy.
After living like this for fifteen years, \"Love entered\" the hearts of the narrator and his cousin Eleonora. The valley reflected the beauty of their young love:
The passion which had for centuries distinguished our race... together breathed a delirious bliss over the Valley of the Many-Colored Grass. A change fell upon all things. Strange, brilliant flowers, star-shaped, burst out upon the trees where no flowers had been known before. The tints of the green carpet deepened; and when, one by one, the white daisies shrank away, there sprang up in place of them, ten by ten of the ruby-red asphodel. And life arose in our paths; for the tall flamingo, hitherto unseen, with all gay flowing birds, flaunted his scarlet plumage before us.
Eleonora, however, was sick — \"made perfect in loveliness only to die\". She does not fear death, but fears that the narrator will leave the valley after her death and transfer his love to someone else. The narrator emotionally vows to her, with \"the Mighty Ruler of the Universe\" as his witness, to never bind himself in marriage \"to any daughter on Earth\".
After Eleonora\'s death, however, the Valley of the Many-Colored Grass begins to lose its lustre and warmth. The narrator chooses to leave to an unnamed \"strange city\". There, he meets a woman named Ermengarde and, without guilt, marries her. Eleonora soon visits the narrator from beyond the grave and grants her blessings to the couple. \"Thou art absolved\", she says, \"for reasons which shall be made known to thee in Heaven.\"
I WILL SHIP INTERNATIONALLY--PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR RATES!
PLEASE REVIEW CONDITION REPORT BEFORE offerDING:Very goodThe book is bright and solidThe usual foxing to platesThe lovely boards show light rubbing and wear, a touch of wear to heel of spine, chip to crown of spine, rubbing at corners
My standard caveat: as with any vintage book there maybe the odd and/or minor mark of age, use and wear.NOTE: DUE TO NEW HOURS AT MY POST OFFICE I WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO SHIP ON SATURDAYS.
PAYMENT UPON PURCHASE. I WILL BE TRAVELING. THANKS!

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ADD 9.25% TAX

AS A LONG TIME BRICK AND MORTAR BOOK-WORKER, MY FAVORITE BIBLIO-HERO HAS ALWAYS BEEN RUSH HAWKINS, GENERAL IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR AND MANIC BIBLIOPHILE.
INSPIRED BY THE SAME PASSION, I AM OPENING AN SITE WHERE INTEGRITY, SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE GRANDEUR OF THE BOOK ARE THE HALLMARKS OF MY BUSINESS. THANKS FOR LOOKING!RUSH HAWKINS--CIVIL WAR GENERAL--OBSESSIVE BIBLIOPHILE style=\"text-decoration:none\"